Cylindrical cask.



' W. G. AVERY. 'GYLINDRIGAL oAsK.- APPLICATION FILED 00T.19, 1905.

Pfnxentenl Oct. 13,h 1908.

WILLIAM G. AVERY, OF PAINESVILLE, OHIO.

CYLINDRICAL oAsK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 13, 1908.

Application filed October 19, 1905. Serial No. 283,383.

To all whom it 'may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM G. AvERY, citizen of the United States, residing at Painesville, in the county of Lake and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cylindrical Oasks; and I do hereby declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to Which it pertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to metallic containers or casks, more especially such as are designed 1 for use in manufacturing establishments, for

receiving, containing, and transporting from one part of the establishment to the other, articles of manufacture, such as bolts, rivets, nuts, and other light metallic articles, either in a heated condition or cold, and hence the requirements are that the containers or casks be so designed as to be capable of resisting heat and the rough usage to which it is subjected. Y

The object of my invention is to construct the entire cask of an integral blank having hoops or stiffening bands formed by turning the metal upon itself, in such a manner that they extend outward on the exterior of the cask, leaving theinterior of the cask practically smooth and uniform, while at the same time forming a cask which is simple of construction and not liable to contortion by severe strains or rough usa 'e.

My invention consists in forming a cask of the type set forth with hoops formed integral with the body of the blank of which the barrel body and hoops are formed, being overlapped at themeeting edges and secured together in a suitable manner, by cutting away from the blank portion of the body part of the cask, in such a manner that when the meeting edges are overlapped a seat is formed on the interior of the cask body at one of its meeting edges for the reception of the proj ection caused by the formation of the hoop or reinforcement, said recesses adapted to receive the end of said hoop or reinforcement as the parts are overlapped, and hence it will be seen that my invention consists in the practical oonstruction of the parts as will be hereinafter fully set forth and claimed.

This invention is an improvement over an invention of'mine set forth and claimed in U. S. Letters Patent No. 732,995 issued July 7th, 1903.

Figure 1 is a view of the blank from which the receptacle is constructed. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the blank with the reinforcing hoops folded therein, and the body of the blank rolled into partial cylindrical form with the ends separated, or in position to be united. Fig. 8 is a perspective view of a portion of one end of the folded blank from the exterior. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the completed receptacle. tive view of a portion of the two interlockin ends of the folded blank.

In the drawings A represents a blank of plate metal, which at one side edge, as illustrated in Fig. 1 is provided with cut-away portions, such as A which will come opposite the upper and lower reinforcements or hoops O, O at one end. If intermediate hoops are employed,\such as C, the metal is folded upon itself as illustrated in Fig. 2, and VVset forth in my former patent No. 732,995 and the recesses B, B are then cut away from the blank. It will thus be seen that when the upper and lower hoops are bent along the lines a, a', (see Fig. 1), the upper and lower hoop-like enlargements or bands will extend down to the point a2, the portions A coming between o and a2 and hence will receive the opposite end of the hoop C, and allow the portion D, D to overlap the opposite end of the blank preferably on the interior of said opposite edge, these portions of the hook O, O, contiguous to the cutaway portion of the body, either overlapping the opposite ends of the hoop or being interlocked with said opposite ends, as found necessary or convenient. In Fig. 4, I have shown them interlapped, and in Fig. 5 I have shown them in position to be interlapped. Where intermediate hoops as C', are employed, two notches B, B', are formed between the points t, b, and b3, b4 of the fold, thus forming seats for the opposite ends of the hoop C when the metal is bent upon itself in the same manner as the seats A.

In forming a cask according to this invention, I employ a blank of metal of such shape that in cross section it is equal to the oircumferende of the cask, at the dierent parts and in vertical section it will be equal to the height of the cask plus the amount of metal for the folds forming the hoop or reinforcements, depending upon the number employed. The seats are cut away from the body as at A Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 and where intermediate reinforcements are employed as at B, B', Figs. 1 and 2, and the metal is folded upon itself along the lines indicated,

Fig. 5 is a perspecand as above set forth, and more clearly set forthin Fig. 2, leaving the hoops or reinforcements flush with the contiguous edges of the blank and allowing them to interlap as shown in Fig. 4. A tongue F is thus formed on one end of the hoop C intermediate said notches B, B, which tongue is bent slightly outward as at G and is adapted to be received within the fold-formed socket H of the opposing edge I of the blank. In folding, the ribs C. C. are slightly spaced from the metal body A to form the narrow troughs E, E, the open ends of which are adapted to receive the opposing ends K, K of said ribs C. C. rIhe blank A being formed of thin sheet metal, the Inode of operation of manually interlapping the ends thereof will be apparent.

The contiguous edges of the blank are brought together and the edge D is preferably overlapped on the interior of the eask, and as the hoops extend iiush at this opposite edge with the body or blank, they are received within the seats A, A', or at B B where intermediate hoops are employed, preferably interior to said hoops, allowing the parts of the hoops contiguous to the recesses to overlap them and when overlapped parts are secured together by rivets, or analogous means, a much stronger cask is formed and the meeting edges are held together more rigidly than in my former patent, hereinbefore set forth, and the cask is hence stronger, and provides a perfectly smooth interior and a uniform, symmetrical exterior.

It will of course be understood that a suitable bottom, (not shown) may be inserted within the body, at its lower portion, and a suitable cover may be provided for the top, if so desired.

In setting forth this invention, I have shown it adapted to casks in which reinforcements and construction are formed according te my former patent, hereinabove set forth; but I do not hence wish to be limited to this formation of hoops and reinforcements excepting inasmuch as they should. be integral with the body and formed by folding the metal of the body upon itself.

What I claim is:

l. A eask of the type set forth comprising three annular reinforcements in the form of hoops made integral with the body of the Cask by bending the metal upon itself, one of said hoops positioned at the top and one at the bottom of the Cask and one positioned intermediate the top and bottom thereof, said hoops having tongues formed at one end thereof, receiving troughs formed contiguous the opposite ends of said top and bottom hoops and a receiving socket formed on the opposite end of said intermediate hoop and adapted to receive said tongues, and. means for securing said tongues within said troughs and sockets.

2. A cask of the type set forth comprising reinforcements in the form of hoops made integral with the body of the eask by bending the metal upon itself, interlocking ends provided upon said hoops and means for securing said ends in a locked position.

3. A cask of the type set forth comprising reinforcements in the form of hoops made integral with the body of the cask by bendii'ig the metal upon itself, said hoops having tongues formed at one end thereof, receiving sockets formed on the opposite ends of said hoops adapted to receive said tongues, and means for securing said tongues within said. sockets.

Signed at Cleveland in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, this 16th day of Sept. 1905.

WILLIAM G. AVERY. Witnesses:

E. B. DoNNnLLY, L. C. MARBACIL 

